Archive for Mortgage and Finance
Short Sale Disclosure In San Antonio
Shhhh… Don’t Tell The Neighbors. Today, in an email from Trulia, I noticed an interesting question about short sales and disclosure. Real estate agent Cathy Cataletto of Staten Island posed several questions to agents across the nation regarding short sales and how we (and if we) are to disclose them (real estate laws vary widely [...]
An Open Letter To HUD About FHA Loans
A little back story. On December 2, 2009, HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan appeared before the House Committee on Financial Services to discuss the current state of The Department Of Housing And Urban Development and more specifically the Federal Housing Administration, which regulates FHA loans. FHA loan use has increased greatly in the past few years, [...]
Who’s looking out for you before your closing?
A few phone calls to keep it all on track. I had a closing yesterday with a couple I’ve been working with for about 5 weeks. They were great buyers; knew exactly what they wanted and worked hard to make sure everything happened on their end that needed to happen in order to close in [...]
